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Yay or nay? A Nailed It style cupcake decorating contest after dinner on Thanksgiving. I am thinking -- (edited) - Andie Oct 7, 13:11 2
- either way it will be fun and disaster (depending on the definition of diasaster, terrible art sure, emotional trauma not so much) -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 14:14
- or don't specify a particular thing, just put out a bunch of pictures and tell people to go nuts decorating? -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 13:14
Good Omens season 2 Summer 2023 -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 12:58
Broncos OL Garett Bolles, CB Ronald Darby out for year -- nm - Beaker Oct 7, 12:56 1
- Rats. Garrett Bolles and his wife are adorable. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:57
Question of the day -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 7, 12:41 [Attachment] 3
- Answer (spoiler)/Bonus question -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 7, 12:42 [Attachment] 2
  - Answer (spoiler) -- (pic) - prayformojo Oct 7, 12:42 [Attachment] 1
    - 2/2 -- nm - peglegpete Oct 7, 12:54
*snork* -- (link) - Jovian Oct 7, 12:34
Hey Canadians, Microsoft Flight Simulator's regular Friday livestream is highlighting their recent Canada World Update. Heading to Banff. -- (link) - Max Oct 7, 12:28
Bery.... -- (link) - Remlik Oct 7, 12:01
Werewolf By Night should be everyone here’s weekend plan. -- nm - The Allfather Oct 7, 11:58 30
- this a series or one-off? - Jovian Oct 7, 12:48 3
  - 50-minute mini-movie -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:50 1
    - hmmm I did watch last weeks She-Hulk and this weeks Andor last night. So now I shall do this weeks She-Hulk and then this. -- (edited) - Jovian Oct 7, 12:53
  - one off. -- nm - Remlik Oct 7, 12:49
- hopefully it's better than the previous few series - decline Oct 7, 12:31 3
  - wuuuuuuuuuut. She-Hulk is fantastic. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 7, 12:33 2
    - fantastically - decline Oct 7, 12:36 1
      - Kim's gonna rip your face off. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:41
- It's SO good. Perfectly recaptures the spirit of old-time monster flicks. -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 7, 12:23 21
  - I will get around to it this weekend some time. It is slightly above where Ms Marvel was on my list. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 12:27 20
    - Your lists are terrible and subject to shaming. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:28 19
      - You two should watch Avatar and E.T. this weekend -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 12:35 18
        
        I'll be too busy watching Werewolf by Night 15 more times. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:41 7
        
        That is good as you will not want to watch the NFL this week. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 12:45 6
        
        I don't think we'll miss Kyle Pitts *that* much. But congrats on your four field goals this week! -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:48 5
        
        Hmm? You have 5.9 points, I have zero. So congrats on leading until Sunday! - Spawn Oct 7, 12:50 4
        
        You've beaten me twice in like 15 years and one of those I let you win because you'd suffered a loss. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:51 3
        
        So, what is your excuse for this week? -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 12:53 2
        
        Technically, you're 50/50 to win all these. So, what's your excuse for being 2-13 against me? -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:57 1
        
        League commissioner somehow wins. Not suspicious at all. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 13:05
        
        Why would I ruin ET with that Avatar crap? -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 12:37 9
        
        no you watch Avatar and he watches ET - Jovian Oct 7, 12:38 8
        
        Shit. Ill watch Steel Magnolias if that helps. What is that about anyway? A flower shop in Pittsburgh? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 12:39 7
        
        Its about a group of friends who go through a lot. It is a fantastic movie. - St. Epiphany Oct 7, 12:42 5
        
        ohh this has a great cast - Jovian Oct 7, 12:44
        
        Suddenly, I've filled in a lot of blanks about who you were in the early 1990s. -- nm - David Oct 7, 12:44 3
        
        heh -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 7, 13:13
        
        oh yes, fresh out of HS, didnt go to college, stayed local with the friends that also didnt go away to college. - Jovian Oct 7, 12:46 1
        
        exactly! -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 7, 12:48
        
        Diabetes. -- (edited) - David Oct 7, 12:42
Saints to start Andy Dalton vs Seahawks -- nm* - budice Oct 7, 11:56 1
- NO - WR Michael Thomas OUT. BAL - WR Rashod Bateman OUT -- nm* - budice Oct 7, 12:00
Phil Collins/Brand X: remastered video of a performance ...And So To F -- (link) - Remlik Oct 7, 11:53 [youtube]
Matt Ryan has now fumbled more than any player through 5 games since before Unigov and Dick Lugar was the mayor of Indianapolis. -- nm - Remlik Oct 7, 11:47 4
- Veteran QB differences this season... -- (edited) - budice Oct 7, 12:23 1
  - Differences = excuses. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Oct 7, 12:46
- Time to dust off the old wishbone offense. -- nm - Barynn Oct 7, 11:55 1
  - HAHAH! -- nm - Remlik Oct 7, 11:57
respectful workplace training videos are *hilarious* - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 11:42
Judge limits DeJoy's ability to mess with the mail during elections. -- (link) - TWuG Oct 7, 11:34 2
- Dark Brandon, you know what to do -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 11:35 1
  - Two USPS board openings coming up. That should put DeJoy out on his ass. -- nm - TWuG Oct 7, 11:37
STIS: With my #2 guy leaving, I'm mostly considering adding responsibility to my most senior tech and then backfilling a new tech, possibly with one -- (edited) - oblique Oct 7, 11:32 3
- Find out whose lunch meal aromas need to be contained. -- nm - Max Oct 7, 12:24
- give the office to the person who actually needs quiet workspace or the one who has more direct reports and needs it for 1:1s. not hard. - judge amanda jones Oct 7, 12:17
- Thunderdome -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 11:35
MLB: TB@CLE just wrapped Game 1 in 2h15m -- nm - budice Oct 7, 11:31
beep -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 7, 11:29
Do those small-c conservatives who talk about running government like a business ever extend that to running the PD like a business? - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:27 9
- College campus, housing authority, postal, highway patrol, state police, fbi marshalls, diplomatic protection service, tsa, school Parks - zeitgeist Oct 7, 14:13
- No. In this country, the police is simply Ku Klux Klan 2.0 and the public have already been loud and clear what they think of this product. -- nm - con_carne Oct 7, 12:20
- The PD in Missouri acted like they got a percentage of the tickets they wrote, had contests to see who could write the most vios for 1 stop. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 11:57 1
  - Then you have PD/highway patrol in the southwest that routinely confiscate cash from traffic stops even when there's no crime - zeitgeist Oct 7, 11:59
- Provided they ticket other people, yes. -- nm - Roger More Oct 7, 11:45
- There are entirely too many police departments in the US. Every podunk town with no crime thinks they need armed officers - TWuG Oct 7, 11:39 1
  - There was so much crime in Mayberry that they needed 8 seasons to cover it all. -- nm - Max Oct 7, 11:47
- a defense contracting business, yes -- nm - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 11:31 1
  - Ah. Eww. (See latest Erik Prince headline) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:36
Uvalde school district suspends it's police department. -- nm - Remlik Oct 7, 11:24 2
- ..., criminals rejoice. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 11:25 1
  - 420 free zone -- nm - Max Oct 7, 11:33
20 Questions: 7 10 7 8 6 9 2 3 6 8 2 7 7 8 7 1 9 2 9 3 -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 7, 11:06
His Mom Labored on a Winery Under Apartheid. Now, He Owns One. - crash davis Oct 7, 11:05 1
- And Now His Mom Labors There -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 11:10
Last few songs you added to a playlist? I got Ur Mum/Wet Leg; In the Light/Zeppelin; Take Your Mama/ Scissor Sisters -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 10:55 5
- Deadman Walking by Jelly Roll, Cracker Island by Gorillaz and new discovery band to me: The Hunna -- nm - St. Epiphany Oct 7, 12:14
- Dig Gravedigger Dig. She's Not Gone Yet But She's Leaving. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:23
- Bite Me by Avril Lavigne and about 3 AJR albums. -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 11:18
- Crystalline Green, The Planet Krypton theme from Superman, Shaking the Tree -- nm - Max Oct 7, 10:59
- Shut Down/BLACKPINK, Death of Me/Royal & the Serpent, SICK OF IT/Jean Dawson -- nm - Dano Oct 7, 10:58
There is only one NFL QB who has not thrown an INT this year (qualified passers only). Name him. -- nm - ML Oct 7, 10:53 6
- Bret Favre -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 11:06
- Russell Wils---no, that's not right -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 11:01
- (spoils) - Inigo Oct 7, 10:56 3
  - (spoils) - ML Oct 7, 10:58 2
    - did I figure this right? (spoilers) - oblique Oct 7, 11:06 1
      - I have no idea if you figured it correctly, but it's the right answer so probably -- nm - ML Oct 7, 11:16
Inigo back board: sounds like a Histamines issue, mom loved fish but developed an allergy, she can have fresh out of water but a few days go by - zeitgeist Oct 7, 10:40 13
- But it's only happening in the morning as I'm in bed. - Inigo Oct 7, 10:55 12
  - Are you dehydrated? -- nm - Dark Callisto Oct 7, 12:05 1
    - I'm sure I could drink more water, but I think I'm pretty hydrated. -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 12:11
  - not really, it can take hours even days for antibodies to react...my samoyed's food allergy took 2 weeks to 'express' itself -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 11:54 2
    - another possiblity, reactions to prescribed drugs, mom had an issue. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 11:55 1
      - No prescribed drugs. This would be 12+ hours. - Inigo Oct 7, 12:06
  - pets? do they sleep on your bed? -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 11:24 2
    - No pets, sadly! -- nm - Inigo Oct 7, 11:30
    - still funny -- nm - oblique Oct 7, 11:26
  - Have you recently taken out a new insurance policy? - Will Hunting Oct 7, 11:00 1
    - I did stay in Camp Lejeune from 1953 to 1987, and drink that water before I go to bed... - Inigo Oct 7, 11:32
  - Maybe you're allergic to the spiders that are crawling into your mouth overnight... -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 10:57 1
    - Legit. - Inigo Oct 7, 11:41
ByteDance, TikTok's owner, lost $2 billion in 2020. But that's nothing. They lost $7 billion in 2021. Doesn't matter, though. - Mop Oct 7, 10:33 5
- But what's the EBITDA? That's what matters! - Some Analyst Oct 7, 10:39 2
  - Da bam da bam diggy diggy -- nm - Reagen Oct 7, 11:25 1
    - L4.5. That's a Dennis Miller Ratio joke right there. -- nm - Barynn Oct 7, 11:31
- Step 1 - Let people upload videos. Step 3 - Profit! -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 10:37
- math is hard -- nm* - oblique Oct 7, 10:36
I'm thinking about getting a (bigger) portable monitor so I can work more easily not at home and/or from the attic - judge amanda jones Oct 7, 10:17 4
- yeah, i'm good actually lady -- nm - chubbers Oct 7, 10:39 2
  - She needs the bigger monitor to see past chubbers. -- nm - Max Oct 7, 10:47 1
    - hey, GFY pal -- nm - chubbers Oct 7, 10:49
- yo -- nm - budice Oct 7, 10:27
Re B2 —Poker mess—the kid who stole from Robbi reached out to her, via DM, and apologized…also thanked her for not pressing charges -- (link) - Flavorize Oct 7, 10:17
Upon reflection, I'm not entirely sure who the target market is for Reginald the Vampire. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:15 8
- Does anyone else remember Bunnicula…the Bunny Vampire? -- nm - Flavorize Oct 7, 10:18 7
  - I loved that book -- nm - JD Oct 7, 10:26
  - No, but I remember Count Duckula -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:19 5
    - You mean Count Chocula. -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 11:27 1
      - No. But that too. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:54
    - 🤣—I just looked that up—I must’ve missed Count Duckula—I’ll have to watch a bit on YouTube -- nm - Flavorize Oct 7, 10:27 2
      - It might also qualify for the intro song thread from a few days ago -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:29 1
        
        Intro narration + theme -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:31 [youtube]
Putin’s 70th birthday is hailed in Russia and derided in Ukraine. - crash davis Oct 7, 10:14 5
- He's only 70? I thought he was 80 -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:23 1
  - He is 70 and now he has a pile of watermelons -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 10:37
- Russia steps up missile attacks on civilian areas, as Ukraine continues to recapture territory. - crash davis Oct 7, 10:17 2
  - ‘They Are in a Panic’: Ukraine’s Troops Size Up the Enemy - crash davis Oct 7, 10:28 1
    - -- -- nm* - crash davis Oct 7, 10:44
Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian Activists - crash davis Oct 7, 10:12 5
- Have they ever given the peace prize to someone leading a war before, however defensive it is? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 7, 10:22 4
  - Obama -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 10:34 1
    - technically, not his war - hollywood big shot Oct 7, 11:36
  - Adolf? Oh, that was man of the year. Never mind. - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:26 1
    - That was well before the war as well -- nm - crash davis Oct 7, 10:29
Blockbuster official trailer... -- (link) - David Oct 7, 10:10 [youtube] 14
- i am into it. -- nm - Andie Oct 7, 11:27
- Lights! Camera! Accounting! -- nm - Max Oct 7, 10:55 1
  - by Winston Groom -- nm - Barynn Oct 7, 11:02
- I'll watch that -- nm - prayformojo Oct 7, 10:54
- YES. It's like Superstore, except that I want to watch this. -- nm - Mop Oct 7, 10:36
- this looks great. Is this a series? or a movie? -- nm - Jovian Oct 7, 10:20 1
  - It's a series. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 10:32
- Netflix making a movie about Blockbuster is kinda like a bug wearing an edgar suit, no? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:19
- I mean, I'll watch Randall Park in anything, let's be perfectly clear. -- nm - Qale Oct 7, 10:13 5
  - and JB Smoove. -- nm - Barynn Oct 7, 10:50
  - MCU upcoming spoils - Beryllium Oct 7, 10:21 2
    - Wait, how is Thanos alive? -- nm - Spawn Oct 7, 10:59 1
      - Butt stuff? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 7, 11:03
  - *ding* -- nm - judge amanda jones Oct 7, 10:16

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